McHardy Vacuum

Thursday, September 02, 2010

Win/Win, Microfibre Ecloths & more @ McHardy Vac.

WIN/WIN Program


Win/Win proceeds September are going to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s annual Light the Night Walk. The Light the Night Walk helps to raise money to help provide:
  • Lifesaving blood cancer research
  • Free educational materials and events for patients and their families
  • Local programs such as Family Support Groups and First Connection, a peer-to-peer counseling program
  • Comprehensive, personalized assistance through our Information Resource Center
This is a cause that is very important to us. Four years ago one of our employees, Brenda, was diagnosed with Leukemia. She went to see her doctor about some bruising and bleeding on Thursday and by Monday she was admitted to hospital. She spent the next month away from her family, only seeing her children a couple of times, because her immune system was in such bad shape. This was a very devastating time for their family as well as for us at McHardy’s. Thanks to the research and testing that were done before she became sick, She has made a full recovery, but we want to do our part to help raise money for research for the next family that finds themselves in such a place.

Here’s how the WIN/WIN works: Buy a Central Vac and get a hose cover for $25, that’s a savings of $25 or garage kit for only $25, and save $30. That entire $25 goes to the charity of choice for that month.

New @ McHardy’s:
Well, as you know McHardy’s is closed on Mondays, so right now that tends to be my cleaning day. So yesterday, my wife and I went to work on cleaning our house. That used to mean getting out the bottles of cleaner, one for the glass, one for the counters, one for the stove, plus we would each grab a roll of paper towel. Well, not anymore! We recently got some E-cloths. So yesterday, we cleaned our entire house using a couple of microfibre cloths and a spray bottle filled with water! They work great on counters, glass, mirrors, the stove, any flat surface!

Microfibre is a man-made fibre that can be processed, woven and finished in a variety of different ways to achieve a specific result. Unprocessed Microfibre (fibres not split), woven in a flat weave, has very poor water absorption. In fact, it is used to manufacture water resistant clothing. The same Microfibre thread, when processed by splitting the individual threads and weaving in a loop or waffle pattern, become super absorbent. (The General Purpose Cloth we sell can absorb over seven times its weight in fluids). It’s like a flat sponge.

The best thing about them is that when you are done, you simply machine wash, with no fabric softener, and then hang them to dry. Just think of the money you can save on paper towel, not to mention all the money in cleaners.
We carry four different E-cloth packs:
  • Kitchen pack – comes with 1 general purpose cloth and 1 glass cloth.
  • Starter pack - comes with 4 general purpose cloths and 1 glass cloth
  • Stainless steel cloth – great for all your stainless appliances
  • Glass cloth
When Brenda was diagnosed with Leukemia, Phil was standing there listening to the doctor ask her if she was using this chemical or that chemical to clean her home and it really hit him. He said, “Why am I standing here with a daughter with Leukemia, who uses half the chemicals he listed?” Thus began the search for safe chemicals and ultimately to what we have discovered, which is the E-cloth product. Our goal for the last four years has been to find a way to clean our homes safely. We are VERY excited about these cloths!

If you don’t believe me, take a look at the bottle of cleaner that you spray in your home. Search for the ingredients, I can guarantee that you won’t find them, or if you do, they will be a whole bunch of words you can’t pronounce. The thing is that there is no regulation governing what these companies can put in the bottles under your kitchen sink. We don't know what is in the bottle you are spraying all over your house.  I think it is a lot like cigarette smoke.  Years ago people did not know how dangerous second hand smoke was.

New Beam Limited Edition:

Now there aren’t too many of us who are excited about summer coming to an end. However, it is not all bad news; Beam has come out with their Fall Special edition Canister. This unit will clean homes up to 7000 Square Feet and has a ton of great features. IT is a quiet unit, so no more sharing the vacuuming with the neighbours, Also they have what is called a “soft-start” on the motor. This is designed to protect the motor and make sure it last even longer. The best feature and my personal favourite is that it comes with a 15year warranty on parts. That is an extra five years compared with their regular unit!! On top of that, it is a better price than the regular unit! So you are getting more and paying less!! It helps with the hurt of summer ending.

Miele Stands Up.

For the month of September, Miele is putting there money where their mouth is. About a year and a half ago, Miele increased their warranty to 5 years. This was to show that they believe in their product. Well, for the month of September, they are stepping up even more. Any Miele Vacuum purchase will come with a free upgrade to a 10year warranty!! That’s twice as long as any other portable unit warranty!

Until next time  . . . Have a great day!